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2010-07-30T09:12:00.001-07:00

7/30/2010 8:35:38 AM

AP - BP's incoming CEO says it's time to scale back the massive effort to clean up the oil spill, but adds that the commitment to make things right is the same as ever.

7/30/2010 8:37:59 AM

AP - NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

7/30/2010 8:26:43 AM

AP - The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.

7/30/2010 8:27:02 AM

AP - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia launched an unprecedented effort Friday to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

7/30/2010 8:25:44 AM

AP - The White House is imploring the website WikiLeaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying U.S. national security and Afghan lives are at risk.

7/30/2010 8:40:09 AM

AP - Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consoled survivors at one smoldering village and urged officials to redouble their efforts against the blazes.

7/30/2010 5:57:18 AM

AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

7/30/2010 8:55:44 AM

AP - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest.

7/30/2010 8:38:50 AM

Reuters - Economic growth slowed in the second quarter as companies invested heavily in equipment from abroad and the pace of consumer spending eased, raising concerns about the recovery in the rest of 2010.

7/30/2010 8:10:36 AM

Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives began debating legislation on Friday to reform the oil industry's offshore drilling practices in response to the BP oil spill.

7/30/2010 6:57:05 AM

Reuters - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.

7/30/2010 8:05:16 AM

Reuters - Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the deaths of civilians in an accident involving a U.S. embassy vehicle, police said.

7/30/2010 8:29:31 AM

Reuters - The influential speaker of Italy's lower house refused to step down on Friday after being censured by his own party, and said his supporters could vote against the government of former ally Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

7/30/2010 7:49:12 AM

Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.

7/30/2010 8:51:50 AM

AFP - Visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanese parties to avoid resorting to violence in the face of mounting political tensions in the country.

7/30/2010 7:04:30 AM

AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday faced a parliamentary crisis after splitting with his one-time ally, lower house speaker Gianfranco Fini, citing "obvious divisions".

7/30/2010 8:08:00 AM

The fires have spread quickly across more than 200,000 acres in recent days after a record heat wave and severe drought. July has been the hottest month in Moscow in 130 years of recorded history.

7/30/2010 5:36:00 AM

U.S. growth slowed to a 2.4 percent rate in the second quarter, the weakest pace in nearly a year. That compares with the upwardly revised 3.7 percent increase in the first quarter of this year.

7/30/2010 1:00:00 AM

Opponents took to the streets of Phoenix as parts of the immigration-enforcement law that were not blocked by a federal judge went into effect Thursday. At least 50 people were arrested throughout the day in acts of civil disobedience.

7/30/2010 8:57:12 AM

The new BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.

7/30/2010 8:07:39 AM

Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.

7/30/2010 8:59:17 AM

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, confirms he will come back to the UK to stand trail on theft charges.

7/30/2010 9:02:41 AM

An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about Â£150,000 in half an hour.

7/30/2010 2:27:24 AM

James Anderson completes a five-wicket haul on his 28th birthday as Pakistan struggle at Trent Bridge.

7/30/2010 9:00:54 AM

Jessica Ennis continues her heptathlon campaign while British athletes go for a hatful of medals on day four in Barcelona.

7/30/2010 7:26:19 AM

Bristol City sign England goalkeeper David James following his release from Portsmouth.

7/30/2010 8:58:03 AM

The new identity of Jon Venables must be kept secret because there is "compelling evidence" of a threat to his safety, a judge says.

7/30/2010 7:40:39 AM

The High Court bans a man from staging sex parties and pole-dancing classes at the mansion he owns in central London.

7/30/2010 8:01:42 AM

A toddler drowned after falling into a garden pond during a visit to a house in Edinburgh, it has emerged.

7/30/2010 7:02:53 AM

The Court of Arbitration for Sport rules against the Irish Football Association in their bid to prevent more Northern-Ireland born players opting for the Republic.

7/30/2010 8:29:50 AM

A nine-year-old girl from Wales has died in a rafting accident while on holiday in Turkey.

7/30/2010 8:00:49 AM

Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of a "brave, courageous and loyal" soldier killed in Afghanistan.

7/30/2010 8:35:03 AM

Three Kenyans are charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup o World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda.

7/30/2010 7:46:15 AM

Forest fires kill at least 23 people in central Russia, while a forecast of heavy rain brings relief to Moscow.

7/30/2010 7:28:41 AM

President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.

7/30/2010 8:56:59 AM

Syria's president and the Saudi king call on Lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence amid mounting political tensions in the country.

7/30/2010 8:28:15 AM

US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 66 service members killed in July.

7/30/2010 8:30:37 AM

A US soldier accused of leaking video of a deadly 2007 Iraq helicopter attack to the Wikileaks website is transferred to a Virginia base pending trial.

7/30/2010 8:31:18 AM

Airbus parent firm EADS says it is confident about future orders, despite reporting a fall in second-quarter earnings.

7/30/2010 7:31:24 AM

The Pensions Regulator is opposing a crucial plan to pay off the Â£10bn deficit in the Royal Mail pension scheme.

7/29/2010 11:37:19 PM

Newsbeat's had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.

7/29/2010 4:09:35 PM

Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

7/30/2010 8:00:31 AM

The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl reveals evidence of mammals declining in the exclusion zone.

7/29/2010 3:47:14 AM

Hawley Crippen is one of the most infamous killers in British history. But was he really innocent of murdering his wife?

7/30/2010 3:59:58 AM

More than 400 people have been killed and nearly 400,000 displaced in floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan.

7/30/2010 7:14:34 AM

The families of the victims of the Potters Bar train crash say they would like a public inquiry into the incident which killed seven people.

7/30/2010 8:49:57 AM

Wild fires have continued to rage in central and western Russia, with more than 20 people now reported to have died.

7/30/2010 4:27:00 AM

Did they really play croquet at the Olympics?

7/30/2010 6:34:30 AM

Northern Cyprus is a "haven" for fugitives no longer

7/30/2010 8:24:10 AM

A giant chunk of hail that plunged into the prairie town of Vivian, S.D. last Friday was confirmed today as the heaviest hailstone ever recorded ...

7/29/2010 6:50:17 PM

President Obama said Thursday that Americans should spend more time talking about a sensitive subject he has addressed sparingly: race.

7/30/2010 7:07:17 AM

Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan is slow work. It's also hot, dirty, frustrating and dangerous.

7/29/2010 2:00:04 PM

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions especially if they can just press ...

7/29/2010 3:05:00 PM

Too many men with low-risk prostate cancers, those whose level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is normal or below normal, still receive aggressive ...

7/29/2010 2:55:58 PM

Despite what many social observers have described as a generally dark and brooding take on life, a new report suggests that Russians are actually ...

7/29/2010 2:11:41 PM

Falls, bicycle crashes, burns, motorized vehicle accidents and near-drownings are the leading causes of hospitalization for American children ...

7/30/2010 8:35:42 AM

The estate of a man allegedly abused by a priest in the 1980s is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, alleging he committed suicide ...

7/30/2010 8:37:56 AM

Televangelist Benny Hinn has posted a plea for $2 million in donations on his website.

7/29/2010 6:28:17 AM

Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard assures Australia's Christian majority that her atheism would not affect government funding to church-run ...

7/26/2010 5:15:29 PM

Some students have to work an extra job to pay living expenses as well as afford the college credits that are often a condition of unpaid in ...

7/29/2010 11:58:55 AM

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were named finalists Tuesday in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" school reform ...

7/28/2010 3:42:01 PM

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld the right of a counseling program at Eastern Michigan University to kick out a master's student who declined ...

7/21/2010 12:11:55 PM

What lies below the Bahamas? A veiled world of fossils, blind creatures and scientific riddles, a team of cave divers has found.

7/28/2010 11:51:03 AM

Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming.

7/30/2010 7:10:24 AM

BP announced today it will set up a $100 million fund to support unemployed oil rig workers experiencing economic hardship due to the deepwater drilling moratorium imposed by the Obama administration.

7/30/2010 6:00:44 AM

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the war started nine years ago.

7/30/2010 8:06:35 AM

An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.

7/30/2010 5:28:11 AM

A district judge on Wednesday preliminarily barred the enforcement of two sections and two subsections of Arizona's new immigration law, SB 1070.

7/29/2010 10:04:15 PM

A body found in Memphis this week was identified as former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, police said. The death was ruled a "homicide by gunshot wound."

7/30/2010 6:51:07 AM

Ellen DeGeneres is calling it quits after spending one season with the Fox hit "American Idol," according to a statement from the star and the network.

7/30/2010 8:12:00 AM

Drew Carey has been known as a loveable, teddy-bear type as far back as his long-running sitcom "The Drew Carey Show." But, he says, being big was a burden -- and he had to make a change.

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2010-07-30T07:12:00.001-07:00

7/30/2010 6:35:49 AM

AP - The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.

7/30/2010 5:21:33 AM

AP - Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

7/30/2010 6:16:53 AM

AP - Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official.

7/30/2010 7:07:58 AM

AP - Aircraft and about 500 firefighters are attacking a river of flame running through grassy hills northeast of Los Angeles and residents of about 1,000 homes wait to see if the blaze is kept away.

7/30/2010 6:55:12 AM

AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to pus to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.

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AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

7/30/2010 5:57:18 AM

AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

7/30/2010 4:19:52 AM

AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.

7/30/2010 4:20:03 AM

AP - Former "Fly Girl" Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television — this time as a judge on "American Idol."

7/30/2010 5:55:52 AM

AP - Albert Haynesworth has failed his conditioning test for a second consecutive day and is being forced to sit out practice again at Washington Redskins training camp.

7/30/2010 6:40:36 AM

Reuters - China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.

7/30/2010 6:32:12 AM

Reuters - Economic growth slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses sucked in imports at the fastest pace since the first quarter of 1984.

7/30/2010 5:44:47 AM

Reuters - Three months after the catastrophic oil rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Friday to debate legislation clamping down on the industry's offshore drilling practices.

7/30/2010 6:57:05 AM

7/29/2010 8:44:29 PM

Reuters - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spiraling violence.

7/29/2010 5:37:20 PM

Reuters - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants and police in Phoenix arrested scores of activists protesting the remaining measures in the law.

7/29/2010 4:35:53 PM

7/29/2010 3:52:10 PM

Reuters - The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning its unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military files could cost lives and damage trust of allies.

7/30/2010 4:51:13 AM

AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Lebanon on Friday for the first time since the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri in a joint mission with Saudi King Abdullah to defuse a tense political situation.

7/30/2010 7:04:30 AM

AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday faced a parliamentary crisis after splitting with his one-time ally, lower house speaker Gianfranco Fini, citing "obvious divisions".

7/30/2010 6:17:00 AM

A battle is being waged by small businesses, accountants, and members of Congress to repeal a new tax reporting requirement in the health law. But it could raise $16 billion for the government.

7/30/2010 5:44:00 AM

Sam and Charles Wyly, Dallas billionaire investors known for their support of conservative candidates and causes, made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit. The SEC said the Wylys traded shares in companies on whose boards they served and "defrauded the investing public."

7/30/2010 5:36:00 AM

Economic growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace in second quarter, the weakest pace in nearly a year, from the upwardly revised 3.7 percent increase in the first three months of 2010. And the recession was deeper than the government previously thought, with revisions showing the economy shrank 2.6 percent last year -- the steepest drop since 1946. That's worse than the 2.4 percent decline originally estimated.

7/30/2010 5:01:00 AM

Depending on how you make your reservation could determine how much a city is able to collect.

7/30/2010 1:29:00 AM

Up to 1 million gallons of crude oil has spilled from a broken pipeline into the Kalamazoo River. There are concerns that the oil could reach Lake Michigan if it isn't stopped soon.

7/30/2010 7:06:56 AM

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, is granted bail.

7/30/2010 6:40:02 AM

The Education Secretary insists there no is rush for schools in England to become academies, after criticism over the number of schools coming forward.

7/30/2010 5:45:32 AM

Two employees at the US embassy in France are taken for medical check-ups after a suspect package is identified at the building's post room.

7/30/2010 2:27:24 AM

James Anderson and Steven Finn tear through the Pakistan top order after England collapse to 354 all out.

7/30/2010 6:53:21 AM

Bristol City sign England goalkeeper David James on a free transfer from Portsmouth.

7/30/2010 6:37:34 AM

Red Bull appear to be in total control as McLaren struggle during second practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

7/30/2010 5:51:52 AM

The threat of a huge strike on London Underground increases after a second union said its was to ballot its members.

7/30/2010 5:21:16 AM

The widow of a man believed to have been killed by the IRA in 1981 said she felt sad but relieved that her husband's remains appeared to have been found.

7/30/2010 7:04:16 AM

Two men, 21 and 23, will face charges after a raid on a Cardiff shop ended with the deaths of two others on quad bikes.

7/30/2010 4:30:26 AM

Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (Â£1,700) each after making a videoking a video humiliating black university workers.

7/30/2010 4:30:04 AM

Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.

7/30/2010 6:50:39 AM

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges.

7/30/2010 6:35:00 AM

The Canadian Supreme Court decides whether to grant a new trial to a pig farmer convicted of killing six women.

7/30/2010 6:57:16 AM

US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.

7/29/2010 11:37:19 PM

Newsbeat's had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.

7/30/2010 4:27:00 AM

Tug of war, croquet and cricket have all featured at the Olympics. See what else has been in and out over the years.

7/30/2010 4:39:03 AM

Testing London's new hire bicycles

7/30/2010 2:19:15 AM

Brazil's uphill struggle curtailing lucrative trade in underage sex

7/29/2010 6:50:17 PM

President Obama said Thursday that Americans should spend more time talking about a sensitive subject he has addressed sparingly: race.

7/30/2010 7:07:17 AM

Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan is slow work. It's also hot, dirty, frustrating and dangerous.

7/29/2010 2:00:04 PM

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions especially if they can just press ...

7/29/2010 2:11:41 PM

Falls, bicycle crashes, burns, motorized vehicle accidents and near-drownings are the leading causes of hospitalization for American children ...

7/28/2010 8:54:37 AM

Comments by Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey suggesting that Islam might be a cult and that Muslims might not qualify for constitutionally guaranteed ...

7/29/2010 11:58:55 AM

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were named finalists Tuesday in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" school reform ...

7/30/2010 6:00:44 AM

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the war started nine years ago.

7/30/2010 6:09:39 AM

A French woman who admitted to giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period was secretive but always supportive of her family, according to two of her daughters.

7/30/2010 5:51:18 AM

An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.

7/30/2010 6:22:53 AM

The House ethics panel accused veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming Congress' credibility.

7/30/2010 5:28:11 AM

A district judge on Wednesday preliminarily barred the enforcement of two sections and two subsections of Arizona's new immigration law, SB 1070.

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2010-07-30T06:09:00.000-07:00

7/30/2010 1:22:30 AM

The Guardian

Louisiana Reopens Some Fishing Areas After FDA Tests Water Quality
Bloomberg
Louisiana reopened some commercial fishing areas that were closed due to BP Plc's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an e-mailed statement from the office of Louisiana ...
BP's Hayward Defends Tenure, Spill ResponseWall Street Journal
Enviros want $5B from BP for coastal restorationBusinessWeek
BP oil spill: Was Tony Hayward right after all?Telegraph.co.uk
New York Times -msnbc.com -New York Daily News
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7/29/2010 9:13:32 PM

'L' star happy to share her 'View'
Boston Herald
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Women from Showtime's âThe Real L Wordâ responded to remarks made by âThe View'sâ Elisabeth Hasselbeck earlier this week claiming that some older women turn to same-sex relationships because there are no ...

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7/30/2010 12:10:45 AM

The Guardian (blog)

Obama appears on 'The View': A bit of TV history
Philadelphia Inquirer
'We're making American history!" cried the announcer on ABC's The View. And they were. Special guest Thursday on the late-morning talk show: President Obama, the first sitting president to make a personal appearance on a daytime TV ...
Television review: President Obama on 'The View'Los Angeles Times
A 'View' to a shillBoston Herald
Katie Couric's Notebook: Obama on "The View"CBS News
Christian Science Monitor -Prefixmag -USA Today
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7/30/2010 5:25:37 AM

The Hindu

Arizonans React to Court Ruling as Limited Immigration Law Takes Effect
Voice of America
Photo: AP Residents of the Western US state of Arizona reacted Thursday to a federal judge's ruling that blocked key parts of a controversial state immigration law. Judge Bolton temporarily blocked some of the broad powers that the law would have given ...
Immigration Debate: Border Cities See Less Violent CrimeTIME
Amid protests, Arizona appeals ruling on state immigration lawBoston Globe
LULAC applauds court ruling on Arizona law, braces for fight in TexasDallas Morning News
CBS News -BusinessWeek -DesMoinesRegister.com
all 6,125 news articles »

7/30/2010 5:31:22 AM

CBS News

White House Touts Detroit "Success Story"
CBS News
With Big Three Showing Profitability and Adding Jobs, Obama Admin. "Surprised" by Outcome of Auto Industry Bailout Matthew Mines assembles a test model of the new Chevrolet Cruze at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly Plant in Lordstown, Ohio, June 15, ...
Obama to sell auto bailout good news in MichiganThe Associated Press
President Obama Heads to Michigan to Hail Auto Industry RecoveryABC News
Visiting Obama deserves credit for saving GM, ChryslerDetroit Free Press
USA Today -Bloomberg -9&10 News
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7/30/2010 4:59:27 AM

Telegraph.co.uk

'Poison mail' scare at US embassy
Aljazeera.net
At least two employees of the US embassy in Paris, the French capital, are being treated for suspected poisoning after opening mail, it has been reported. Paul Patin, a spokesman for the US embassy, told reporters at the scene that a number of staff ...
US Paris Embassy Employees Tested After Contact With Suspicious EnvelopeBloomberg
Poisoning scare hits US Embassy in Parismsnbc.com
US embassy employees treated after poison letter scare in ParisTelegraph.co.uk
The Associated Press -New York Daily News -Reuters
all 231 news articles »

7/30/2010 5:00:24 AM

Los Angeles Times

Wildfire explodes in rural hills near Los Angeles
The Associated Press
PALMDALE, Calif. â" Firefighters plan an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that exploded in northern Los Angeles County, chewing through more than 7 square miles of dry brush, forcing thousands of evacuations and ...
California wildfire spreading quicklyCBC.ca
1500 LA homes threatenedLos Angeles Times
While crews battle 2 fires, third ignitesCNN
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7/30/2010 5:20:25 AM

Los Angeles Times

White House: Don't post more secret war papers
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON â" The White House is imploring the website Wikileaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying US national security and Afghan lives are at risk. Press secretary Robert Gibbs says the leak of some 90000 ...
Taliban furious, says we'll punish WikiLeaks informersHindustan Times
Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban 'hunting down informants'Telegraph.co.uk
Gates Assails WikiLeaks Over Release of ReportsNew York Times
NPR (blog) -The Hindu -Washington Post
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7/30/2010 5:30:26 AM

Globe and Mail

GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON â" Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one. A House ethics panel of four Democrats and four Republicans, who will determine Rangel's ...
Rangel Ethics Trial 'Right Course,' Gibbs SaysABC News
How The Post broke the Rangel scandalsNew York Post
Gibbs: 'Some very serious charges' against RangelNewsOK.com
New York Daily News -New York Times -UPI.com
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7/30/2010 5:25:15 AM

The Guardian

Arab leaders seek to boost Lebanon stability
Financial Times
Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, arrived in Beirut on Friday with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in what is widely regarded as an Arab effort to bolster Lebanon's stability. The move marks a stunning turnround in ...
Saudi king, Syrian president arrive in Beirut (Extra)Monsters and Critics.com
Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunalAsia Times Online
Syrian and Saudi leaders pledge support for LebanonBBC News
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2010-07-30T05:12:00.001-07:00

7/30/2010 4:20:59 AM

7/30/2010 4:56:10 AM

AP - Firefighters plan an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that exploded in northern Los Angeles County, chewing through more than 7 square miles of dry brush, forcing thousands of evacuations and burning at least three structures.

7/30/2010 4:19:38 AM

AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

7/30/2010 4:19:52 AM

7/30/2010 4:20:16 AM

AP - Former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has accepted an invitation from Mississippi coach Houston Nutt to visit the school this weekend, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday.

7/29/2010 10:02:29 PM

7/30/2010 4:33:36 AM

Reuters - Three employees of the U.S. embassy in Paris were being treated for poisoning on Friday after opening mail, but there was no immediate information on the seriousness of their condition, police said.

7/30/2010 4:51:13 AM

7/30/2010 3:03:31 AM

AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday faced a parliamentary crisis after falling out in spectacular style with his one-time ally, lower house speaker Gianfranco Fini.

7/30/2010 4:50:00 AM

Embassy spokesman Paul Patin says employees in the mailroom identified a "suspicious letter" and French authorities were summoned to examine it. A Paris police official says the two were feeling "unwell" and that the incident is being investigated.

7/30/2010 3:45:00 AM

Online travel companies such as Orbitz and Expedia don't believe they need to collect taxes on the full amount they charge for hotel rooms. This has led to a big lobbying fight in Congress and dozens of lawsuits nationwide.

7/30/2010 1:29:00 AM

Up to 1 million gallons of crude oil that spilled from a broken pipeline into the Kalamazoo River. There are concerns that the oil could reach Lake Michigan if not stopped soon.

7/30/2010 1:00:00 AM

Parts of Arizona's immigration law that were not blocked by a federal judge went into effect Thursday. Opponents took to the streets of Phoenix to protest the measure.

7/29/2010 9:41:00 PM

When her husband returned from serving in the Marine Corps in Iraq, Mary Gallagher said he seemed fine. Then his suicide crippled the family. They found salvation only when they discovered the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, a military support group.

7/29/2010 9:40:00 PM

Behind China's complicated economy exists a vast underground economy of corruption and bribery. A recent case in which an anti-corruption official was convicted of taking bribes -- and now awaits execution -- shows how endemic and open a secret the problem is.

7/29/2010 11:55:00 PM

Three U.S. service members have been killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year war.

7/30/2010 5:06:48 AM

Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.

7/30/2010 4:58:59 AM

A points failure caused the Potters Bar train crash which killed seven people, an inquest jury decides.

7/30/2010 4:27:43 AM

The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was "not very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.

7/30/2010 3:38:20 AM

A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.

7/30/2010 4:26:13 AM

Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.

7/30/2010 4:53:21 AM

Employees at the US embassy in Paris are receiving medical checks after a suspect package is found, reports say.

7/30/2010 4:32:50 AM

Syria's president is in Lebanon after years of tension between the two countries, on a visit with the Saudi king to try to avert a looming political crisis.

7/30/2010 2:27:24 AM

Pakistan reach 16-1 at lunch after England collapse to 354 all out on day two at Trent Bridge.

7/30/2010 4:55:40 AM

Britain's Jessica Ennis gets her bid for European heptathlon gold off to a strong start by winning the 100m hurdles and the high jump events in Barcelona.

7/30/2010 4:45:36 AM

Lazio complete the signing of left-back Javier Garrido from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee.

7/30/2010 4:13:24 AM

Police say a man who was murdered in Glasgow had been attacked by several people who tried to steal his alcohol.

7/30/2010 4:56:48 AM

Pictures of 14 suspected rioters are released by police investigating trouble in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

7/30/2010 3:59:46 AM

The reasons behind the sudden departure of S4C's chief executive should be made public, says the channel's former head.

7/30/2010 3:50:34 AM

The UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.

7/30/2010 3:07:02 AM

Greek lorry drivers continue a strike in Athens, in defiance of an emergency order imposed by the government.

7/30/2010 4:23:45 AM

Over 300 people are killed and nearly 400,000 displaced by floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan.

7/30/2010 4:48:05 AM

US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 63 service members killed in July.

7/29/2010 11:37:19 PM

Newsbeat's had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.

7/30/2010 3:29:54 AM

Ben Shephard bids farewell to GMTV after 10 years telling viewers: "I'm going to miss all of you, every single one of you."

7/30/2010 4:27:00 AM

The tug of war, croquet and cricket have all featured as Olympic sports in games gone by, with two years to go until the London Olympics we chart all those sports that have come and gone in over a century of competition.

7/30/2010 4:49:32 AM

China is struggling with an arduous clean up after the country's worst oil spill, with grim conditions for those involved.

7/30/2010 3:31:17 AM

Are family holidays worth all the hassle?

7/30/2010 2:20:50 AM

Who's the 'good lad'? Crisps boy, Massa or Dr Watson?

7/30/2010 3:48:05 AM

Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley is expected to discuss the oil giant's long-term recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico during a news conference in Mississippi on Friday.

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7/30/2010 3:53:02 AM

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the war started nine years ago.

7/29/2010 10:48:24 PM

An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.

7/30/2010 3:49:42 AM

An abandoned well struck by a barge in southeastern Louisiana early Tuesday is still spewing a mixture of oil, gas and water, and it could take 10 days before it is capped.

7/30/2010 3:18:04 AM

The legal battle over Arizona's new immigration law entered its next stage when Gov. Jan Brewer filed an expedited appeal.

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7/30/2010 2:46:42 AM

The Walt Disney Company said Friday it has agreed to sell Miramax Films for around $660 million to an investor group.

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Ellen DeGeneres is calling it quits after spending one season with the Fox hit "American Idol," according to a statement from the star and the network.

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7/30/2010 1:59:29 AM

7/30/2010 2:23:29 AM

AP - Firefighters plan an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that exploded in northern Los Angeles County, chewing through more than 7 square miles of dry brush, forcing hundreds of evacuations and burning at least three structures.

7/30/2010 1:26:50 AM

AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.

7/30/2010 2:41:33 AM

Reuters - China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.

7/29/2010 11:57:06 PM

AFP - Lebanon on Friday hosts a rare summit of regional leaders aimed at defusing tensions over reports of an impending indictment against Hezbollah members for the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

7/30/2010 2:29:12 AM

AFP - Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers who stitch clothes for top Western brands blocked highways, attacked factories and looted shops in Dhaka on Friday, after rejecting a government wage hike.

7/30/2010 2:35:00 AM

The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 313 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

7/30/2010 1:43:00 AM

The New York Times and Los Angeles Times report that Disney signed the agreement late Thursday with Filmyard Holding. The investor group is led by construction magnate Ronald Tutor.

7/30/2010 1:29:00 AM

Up to 1 million gallons of crude oil that spilled from a broken pipeline into the Kalamazoo River. There are concerns that the oil could reach Lake Michigan if not stopped soon.

7/30/2010 1:39:16 AM

The MoD is facing further pressure on its budget after the chancellor says it will have to pay for new nuclear submarines, and not the Treasury as before.

7/30/2010 3:01:04 AM

The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was not "very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.

7/30/2010 2:11:26 AM

BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of Â£164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

7/30/2010 2:58:50 AM

Three ex Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer lose appeals over a ruling that they are not protected from prosecution over expenses fraud allegations.

7/30/2010 1:31:53 AM

Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.

7/30/2010 12:39:11 AM

A 26-year-old quizzed over the death of a man at a Merseyside pub was an off-duty police officer, it has emerged.

7/29/2010 9:12:17 PM

Syria's president heads to Lebanon after years of tension between the two countries, in a visit with the Saudi king to try to avert a looming political crisis.

7/30/2010 2:09:18 AM

Over 300 people are killed and nearly 400,000 displaced by floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan.

7/30/2010 1:13:38 AM

Comedienne and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol after one season on the judging panel.

7/29/2010 4:09:35 PM

Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

7/29/2010 2:24:46 PM

A luxury car worth Â£1.2m is clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.

7/30/2010 2:27:24 AM

England will resume on 331-4 on day two of the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

7/30/2010 2:04:05 AM

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp defends the club's pursuit of West Ham's Scott Parker insisting the Hammers are guilty of unsettling the midfielder.

7/30/2010 2:39:31 AM

Red Bull are nearly a second clear of the field during the opening practice session for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

7/30/2010 2:50:30 AM

Jessica Ennis gets her bid for European heptathlon gold off to a strong start, running the fastest time in the women's 100m hurdles in Barcelona.

7/30/2010 12:06:36 AM

Police make an arrest in connection with the murder of a man who was shot in an apparently random attack in west London.

7/30/2010 1:00:28 AM

The mother of teenager Scarlett Keeling says she hopes the trial into her death in Goa will improve the region for tourists.

7/30/2010 2:56:36 AM

A 28-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll in Glasgow.

7/30/2010 2:06:41 AM

A 28-year-old man is arrested in connection with an alleged abduction and rape at the T in the Park music festival.

7/30/2010 2:53:22 AM

The police are due to release images of 14 people they want to speak to in connection with rioting in north Belfast.

7/29/2010 11:45:29 PM

Two 12-year-old boys who were swept out to sea and an 18-year-old who tried to rescue them are pulled to safety.

7/30/2010 2:30:03 AM

Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (Â£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university workers.

7/30/2010 1:47:29 AM

Sabina Mugabe, the younger sister of Zimbabwe's president has died, aged 76.

7/30/2010 2:50:38 AM

A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for Â£5.8bn ($9.1bn).

7/30/2010 2:41:49 AM

Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi insists that his ruling right-wing coalition will survive despite a split with his party's co-founder Gianfranco Fini.

7/29/2010 8:53:53 PM

The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

7/30/2010 1:09:05 AM

A gang armed with firebombs attacks a private TV and radio station in Colombo, linked to former opposition presidential candidate, Sarath Fonseka.

7/30/2010 12:23:05 AM

Violence erupts in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protest over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of their demands.

7/30/2010 2:06:28 AM

Walt Disney announces the sale of its Miramax film division for about $660m to a group of private equity investors.

7/29/2010 4:05:58 PM

Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest.

7/30/2010 2:35:38 AM

Families face missing out on financial assistance if they miss Saturday's deadline to renew tax credits.

7/30/2010 2:42:43 AM

Labour's Ed Miliband claims the coalition government was "built on a series of untruths" after revelations in a BBC documentary.

7/29/2010 11:06:35 AM

A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.

7/30/2010 1:31:48 AM

Owners of mobile phones are being asked to test the security of their network to see if enough is being done to stop eavesdropping.

7/29/2010 11:37:19 PM

Newsbeat's had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.

7/29/2010 10:11:11 AM

A UN panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, to protests from a leading conservation group.

7/30/2010 12:41:13 AM

The UK's leading music festival promoter is to give extra safety information after two alleged rapes at this month's Latitude Festival.

7/29/2010 3:50:59 AM

More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do others think it's OK to question this decision?

7/30/2010 2:20:50 AM

The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question.

7/30/2010 2:49:52 AM

A Canadian woman has said she played dead in order to escape from a bear during an attack in Montana that left one man dead.

7/29/2010 11:40:07 PM

Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.

7/30/2010 1:27:17 AM

Coverage from London as Lord Prescott appears before the inquiry into the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath.

7/29/2010 11:26:22 PM

What did they do with the drunken sailor?

7/30/2010 12:16:55 AM

More than 45,000 Boy Scouts, leaders and volunteers are gathering in Fort A.P. Hill, Va., for the 2010 National Scouting Jamboree.

7/29/2010 6:50:17 PM

President Obama said Thursday that Americans should spend more time talking about a sensitive subject he has addressed sparingly: race.

7/29/2010 11:25:54 PM

Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan is slow work. It's also hot, dirty, frustrating and dangerous.

7/29/2010 2:00:04 PM

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions especially if they can just press ...

7/29/2010 3:05:00 PM

Too many men with low-risk prostate cancers, those whose level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is normal or below normal, still receive aggressive ...

7/29/2010 2:55:58 PM

Despite what many social observers have described as a generally dark and brooding take on life, a new report suggests that Russians are actually ...

7/29/2010 2:11:41 PM

Falls, bicycle crashes, burns, motorized vehicle accidents and near-drownings are the leading causes of hospitalization for American children ...

7/29/2010 6:28:17 AM

Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard assures Australia's Christian majority that her atheism would not affect government funding to church-run ...

7/28/2010 8:54:37 AM

Comments by Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey suggesting that Islam might be a cult and that Muslims might not qualify for constitutionally guaranteedranteed ...

7/26/2010 5:15:29 PM

Some students have to work an extra job to pay living expenses as well as afford the college credits that are often a condition of unpaid in ...

7/29/2010 11:58:55 AM

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were named finalists Tuesday in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" school reform ...

7/28/2010 3:42:01 PM

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld the right of a counseling program at Eastern Michigan University to kick out a master's student who declined ...

7/21/2010 12:11:55 PM

What lies below the Bahamas? A veiled world of fossils, blind creatures and scientific riddles, a team of cave divers has found.

7/28/2010 11:51:03 AM

Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming.

7/28/2010 10:23:12 AM

Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful ...

7/30/2010 12:21:20 AM

A French woman who admitted to giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period was secretive but always supportive of her family, according to two of her daughters.

7/30/2010 2:30:11 AM

Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley is expected to discuss the oil giant's long-term recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico during a news conference in Mississippi on Friday.

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7/29/2010 10:48:24 PM

An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.

7/29/2010 11:33:40 PM

An abandoned well struck by a barge in southeastern Louisiana early Tuesday is still spewing a mixture of oil, gas and water, and it could take 10 days before it is capped.

7/30/2010 1:10:28 AM

A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.

7/30/2010 2:33:37 AM

The legal battle over Arizona's new immigration law entered its next stage when Gov. Jan Brewer filed an expedited appeal.

7/30/2010 2:23:12 AM

The House ethics panel accused veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming Congress' credibility.

7/29/2010 10:04:15 PM

A body found in Memphis this week was identified as former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, police said. The death was ruled a "homicide by gunshot wound."

7/30/2010 2:26:28 AM

The Walt Disney Company said Friday it has agreed to sell Miramax Films for around $660 million to an investor group.

7/29/2010 11:06:00 PM

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is launching a fraud investigation into the life insurance industry for "practices that appear to have denied grieving military families and others of millions in life-insurance cash," Cuomo's office announced Thursday.

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7/30/2010 12:13:23 AM

AP - Three U.S. service members were killed in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.

7/30/2010 12:38:41 AM

7/30/2010 12:40:09 AM

AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

7/30/2010 1:01:33 AM

7/30/2010 12:58:14 AM

AP - Soldiers killed a top leader of the Sinaloa cartel in a raid on his posh hideout, dealing the biggest blow yet to Mexico's most powerful drug gang since President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against organized crime in 2006.

7/30/2010 12:11:12 AM

AP - If some of Chelsea Clinton's wedding guests want to make a weekend of it in Rhinebeck, there's a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show" on the boards Saturday night and Sunday.

7/30/2010 12:33:46 AM

AP - Former "Fly Girl" Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television — this time as a judge on "American Idol."

7/30/2010 12:20:31 AM

AP - Roy Oswalt granted his own wish: He's now part of a pennant race. Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps joined the mix, too.

7/29/2010 5:37:20 PM

7/29/2010 11:58:29 PM

AFP - Investigators spent a third day searching Friday for the black box of a Pakistani jet that crashed into Islamabad's hills, killing all 152 people on board, officials said.

7/29/2010 11:55:00 PM

Three U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year war.

7/30/2010 12:04:45 AM

The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the Â£20bn cost of renewing the UK's nuclear deterrent, putting further pressure on the defence budget.

7/30/2010 12:09:30 AM

BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of Â£164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

7/29/2010 5:04:48 PM

The US senator who will chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release says he may send investigators to the UK.

7/29/2010 2:00:35 PM

Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.

7/29/2010 6:02:00 PM

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.

7/29/2010 11:58:13 PM

The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.

7/29/2010 3:59:08 PM

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

7/29/2010 8:34:35 PM

Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott is due to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry later.

7/29/2010 9:04:07 PM

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.

7/29/2010 10:38:14 PM

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London begins.

7/29/2010 4:09:35 PM

Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

7/29/2010 2:24:46 PM

A luxury car worth Â£1.2m is clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.

7/30/2010 12:42:43 AM

The first session of Friday's practice is about to get under way for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

7/29/2010 12:34:11 PM

Triple jumper Phillips Idowu wins Great Britain's second gold of the European Championships as Martyn Bernard takes high jump bronze.

7/29/2010 1:19:26 PM

Eoin Morgan says he feels deeply proud after scoring a first Test century against Pakistan and pays tribute to team-mate Paul Collingwood.

7/29/2010 1:48:32 PM

David Ngog's double strike eases an inexperienced Liverpool side to victory over Rabotnicki in their Europa League third qualifying round first leg.

7/29/2010 2:34:41 PM

Fulham confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as their new manager, replacing Roy Hodgson.

7/29/2010 11:58:36 AM

The Attorney General is to review the sentences given to two teenage members of a "happy slapping" gang who fatally injured a man.

7/29/2010 10:55:06 AM

A Cheshire businessman accused of killing a man has charges against him dropped - the third time he has been cleared of murder.

7/29/2010 4:16:42 PM

The Scottish government is told to release more details on the staging of meetings of its Council of Economic Advisers.

7/29/2010 5:49:37 AM

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

7/30/2010 12:55:53 AM

Human remains found during a search for one of the disappeared in County Monaghan are taken to Dublin for post mortem examination.

7/30/2010 12:42:49 AM

The police are due to release images of 14 people they want to speak to in connection with rioting in north Belfast.

7/29/2010 10:55:12 PM

The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan pay tribute ahead of his funeral, calling him "brave, courageous and loyal".

7/29/2010 11:45:29 PM

Two 12-year-old boys who were swept out to sea and an 18-year-old who tried to rescue them are pulled to safety.

7/29/2010 9:32:33 AM

About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

7/29/2010 8:26:28 AM

President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.

7/29/2010 6:00:44 AM

Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

7/30/2010 12:18:30 AM

A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK arm of French power group EDF for Â£5.8bn ($9.1bn).

7/29/2010 11:32:30 AM

Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.

7/29/2010 3:45:31 PM

Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such as that involving Kosovo.

7/29/2010 12:20:37 PM

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, who was on hunger strike for more than 130 days, is released from hospital.

7/29/2010 8:53:53 PM

The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

7/29/2010 9:12:17 PM

Syriaâs Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are to travel together to Lebanon, following a striking reconciliation between regional rivals.

7/29/2010 8:25:34 AM

The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.

7/30/2010 12:23:05 AM

Violence erupts in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protest over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of their demands.

7/29/2010 3:48:32 PM

Floods triggered by monsoon rains kill at least 100 people in north-west Pakistan, and further downpours are forecast.

7/29/2010 9:59:06 PM

The US consulate in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has been closed indefinitely while a security review is carried out.

7/29/2010 6:27:29 PM

Arizona lodges an appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

7/29/2010 4:05:58 PM

Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest.

7/29/2010 11:25:52 PM

Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

7/29/2010 1:59:05 PM

Banking giant Citigroup agrees to pay $75m to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from subprime mortgages.

7/29/2010 12:20:14 PM

David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

7/29/2010 4:59:00 AM

The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a Â£367,697 "impermissible donation".

7/29/2010 3:59:50 AM

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

7/29/2010 4:54:54 PM

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

7/29/2010 5:28:51 PM

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

7/29/2010 9:17:11 AM

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

7/29/2010 6:20:44 PM

Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.

7/29/2010 4:29:07 AM

More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.

7/29/2010 3:32:37 AM

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show.

7/29/2010 4:40:36 AM

Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

7/29/2010 5:48:34 AM

No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

7/28/2010 9:00:33 PM

Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.

7/29/2010 10:11:11 AM

A Unesco panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, drawing protests from a leading conservation group.

7/29/2010 12:38:00 PM

The X Prize foundation, best known for launching the private spaceflight industry, launches a $1.4 million oil clean-up challenge.

7/28/2010 10:23:48 AM

The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause.

7/30/2010 12:29:20 AM

Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine scoop two prizes at this year's Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running.

7/30/2010 12:41:13 AM

The UK's leading music festival promoter is to give extra safety information after two alleged rapes at this month's Latitude Festival.

7/29/2010 12:58:21 AM

Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face charges, US investigators say.

7/28/2010 3:15:25 AM

With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?

7/26/2010 11:58:05 PM

Professor Robert Winston on how creative block has tormented great artists and even those in the sciences.

7/27/2010 4:29:30 AM

Mad Men's sassy secretary has been given government sanction for her body shape - but how realistic is it for women?

7/29/2010 2:33:13 PM

The BBC's John Simpson visits the city of Peshawar in Pakistan to see how the country is dealing with fighting two Talibans.

7/29/2010 10:54:41 PM

Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the attraction.

7/29/2010 11:40:07 PM

Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.

7/29/2010 11:55:56 AM

The world of doggy ice cream, a huge waterfight in Russia and a walk-in cow wash. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

7/29/2010 11:56:23 AM

A modern Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma is set to hit the big screen. Anna Holligan went to meet its stars.

7/29/2010 8:43:08 AM

A Spanish tourist remains missing after a Turkish tour boat was engulfed by flames while sailing in the Mediterranean.

7/29/2010 10:27:48 PM

Transport correspondent Richard Scott investigates how London's new cycle-hire scheme works.

7/29/2010 4:07:59 PM

With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico. Maria Hinojosa has this special report.

7/29/2010 4:18:00 PM

Delhi polishes up British accent in time for Games

7/29/2010 4:14:02 PM

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Why the NHS should pay for saviour siblings

7/29/2010 10:10:20 PM

Public spending cuts fill many papers

7/29/2010 3:50:59 AM

Happily married, don't want kids - why is it seen as odd?

7/29/2010 3:47:14 AM

Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?

7/30/2010 12:16:55 AM

More than 45,000 Boy Scouts, leaders and volunteers are gathering in Fort A.P. Hill, Va., for the 2010 National Scouting Jamboree.

7/29/2010 6:50:17 PM

President Obama said Thursday that Americans should spend more time talking about a sensitive subject he has addressed sparingly: race.

7/29/2010 11:25:54 PM

Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan is slow work. It's also hot, dirty, frustrating and dangerous.

7/29/2010 2:00:04 PM

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Too many men with low-risk prostate cancers, those whose level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is normal or below normal, still receive aggressive ...

7/29/2010 2:55:58 PM

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7/29/2010 11:58:55 AM

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7/21/2010 12:11:55 PM

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7/29/2010 10:48:24 PM

An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.

7/30/2010 12:24:50 AM

Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley is expected to discuss the oil giant's long-term recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico during a news conference in Mississippi on Friday.

7/29/2010 11:33:40 PM

An abandoned well struck by a barge in southeastern Louisiana early Tuesday is still spewing a mixture of oil, gas and water, and it could take 10 days before it is capped.

7/29/2010 10:02:43 PM

A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.

7/29/2010 7:11:52 PM

The legal battle over Arizona's new immigration law entered its next stage when Gov. Jan Brewer filed an expedited appeal.

7/29/2010 4:49:37 PM

The House ethics panel accused veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming Congress' credibility.

7/29/2010 10:04:15 PM

A body found in Memphis this week was identified as former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, police said. The death was ruled a "homicide by gunshot wound."

7/29/2010 11:06:00 PM

7/29/2010 11:47:15 PM

Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another.

7/29/2010 6:40:06 PM

Ellen DeGeneres is calling it quits after spending one season with the Fox hit "American Idol," according to a statement from the star and the network.

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Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban 'hunting down informants'
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The Taliban has issued a warning to Afghans whose names might appear on the leaked Afghanistan war logs as informers for the Nato-led coalition. By Robert Winnett in Washington In an interview with Channel 4 News, Zabihullah Mujahid, ...
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7/29/2010 9:21:26 PM

msnbc.com

Rangel Case Poses Test for Democrats as Elections Near
New York Times
WASHINGTON â" In laying out 13 charges of ethical violations committed by Representative Charles B. Rangel, the House ethics committee set the stage for a rare public trial of the Democratic Congressman this fall, ...
Panel hits Rangel with 13 alleged ethics chargesSeattle Times
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7/29/2010 10:45:59 PM

Telegraph.co.uk

Key step toward killing gulf gusher could happen sooner
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AP / July 30, 2010 NEW ORLEANS â" A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging the blownout gulf well for good could start as early as the weekend, the government's point man for the spill response said yesterday. ...
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7/29/2010 8:26:07 PM

CBC.ca

Military plane that crashed was practicing for Alaska air show
CNN International
(CNN) -- All four airmen on board an Air Force C-17 were killed when the cargo plane crashed during a training mission near Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on Wednesday, the Air Force reported Thursday. ...
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7/29/2010 10:45:59 PM

The Guardian

Amid protests, Arizona appeals ruling on state immigration law
Boston Globe
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7/29/2010 9:14:19 PM

The Age

A 'View' to a shill
Boston Herald
That was the lone surprise of Barack Obama's dubious history-making appearance yesterday on ABC's âThe View,â as he became the first sitting president to appear on a daytime talk show. Resident conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck, ...
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7/29/2010 9:26:58 PM

Washington Post

GOP Rep.: Bill to aid 9/11 responders will fail
BusinessWeek
A bill that would pay billions of dollars to people exposed to toxic dust from the World Trade Center will fall short in a House vote, one of its key supporters said Wednesday. The House is expected Thursday to take up a measure to ...
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7/29/2010 9:58:56 PM

Telegraph.co.uk

Mexican troops kill top Sinaloa cartel figure
Los Angeles Times
Ignacio Coronel Villarreal died in a gunfight in an upscale suburb of Guadalajara, authorities say. Separately, dozens of Tijuana law enforcement officers are arrested in an anti-corruption sweep. Some of the police officers who were arrested in an ...
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7/29/2010 6:52:10 PM

Los Angeles Times

Obama urges a dialogue on race after Sherrod case
USA Today
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7/29/2010 9:48:12 PM

Structures burning in Leona Valley as Crown fire takes off
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AP - A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.

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AP - The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 267 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

7/29/2010 10:10:06 PM

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7/29/2010 10:19:49 PM

AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.

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Reuters - Economic growth likely slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses was sated by imports and consumer spending tapered off, a government report is expected to show on Friday.

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Americans' spice consumption has grown almost three times as fast as the population in recent decades. Much of that growth is due to the country's changing demographics. Now, flavors that were once exotic and rare are found on the shelves in many groceries.

7/29/2010 7:32:41 PM

The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the Â£20bn cost of renewing the UK's nuclear deterrent, putting further pressure on the defence budget.

7/29/2010 2:00:35 PM

Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.

7/29/2010 5:04:48 PM

The US senator, who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, tells the BBC he may send investigators to the UK.

7/29/2010 6:02:00 PM

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.

7/29/2010 4:15:02 PM

The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.

7/29/2010 3:59:08 PM

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

7/29/2010 10:46:23 PM

The singapore trial of UK author Alan Shadrake - for defamation and contempt of court over a book on the death penaly - opens and is adjourned.

7/29/2010 9:12:17 PM

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are to pay a joint visit to Lebanon to help defuse tension.

7/29/2010 8:34:35 PM

Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott is due to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry later.

7/29/2010 9:04:07 PM

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.

7/29/2010 8:53:53 PM

The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

7/29/2010 4:03:28 PM

Police in California seize $1.7bn worth of marijuana in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

7/29/2010 4:05:58 PM

Good weather and football's World Cup is thought to have given a boost to beer sales in the UK, industry figures suggest.

7/29/2010 10:38:14 PM

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London begins.

7/29/2010 4:09:35 PM

Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

7/29/2010 2:24:46 PM

A luxury car worth Â£1.2m is clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.

7/29/2010 12:34:11 PM

Triple jumper Phillips Idowu wins Great Britain's second gold of the European Championships as Martyn Bernard takes high jump bronze.

7/29/2010 11:06:09 AM

Eoin Morgan makes a superb maiden Test century as England reach an imposing 331-4 after day one of the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.

7/29/2010 1:48:32 PM

David Ngog's double strike eases an inexperienced Liverpool side to victory over Rabotnicki in their Europa League third qualifying round first leg.

7/29/2010 2:34:41 PM

Fulham confirm the appointment of Mark Hughes as their new manager, replacing Roy Hodgson.

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Andy Murray survives a second-set wobble to beat Tim Smyczek 6-1 4-6 6-2 and book his place in the Farmers Classic quarter-finals in Los Angeles.

7/29/2010 11:58:36 AM

The Attorney General is to review the sentences given to two teenage members of a "happy slapping" gang who fatally injured a man.

7/29/2010 10:55:06 AM

A Cheshire businessman accused of killing a man has charges against him dropped - the third time he has been cleared of murder.

7/29/2010 4:16:42 PM

The Scottish government is told to release more details on the staging of meetings of its Council of Economic Advisers.

7/29/2010 5:49:37 AM

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

7/29/2010 10:21:51 PM

Human remains found during a search for one of the disappeared in County Monaghan are taken to Dublin for post mortem examination.

7/29/2010 10:23:45 PM

Previously undisclosed eyewitness reports on 11 people killed by the Army almost 39 years ago are to be released later.

7/29/2010 10:55:12 PM

The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan pay tribute ahead of his funeral, calling him "brave, courageous and loyal".

7/29/2010 10:23:48 AM

Electronics giant Sharp says a "substantial" number of jobs will be created following a Â£30m expansion of its Wrexham factory.

7/29/2010 9:32:33 AM

About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

7/29/2010 8:26:28 AM

President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.

7/29/2010 9:35:36 PM

North Korea enters third round of talks with the US-led United Nations Command, days after a US military exercise.

7/29/2010 11:32:30 AM

Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.

7/29/2010 3:45:31 PM

Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such as that involving Kosovo.

7/29/2010 12:20:37 PM

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, who was on hunger strike for more than 130 days, is released from hospital.

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Arizona lodges an appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

7/29/2010 8:25:34 AM

The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.

7/29/2010 9:01:34 AM

At least 16 people, including several security force members, are killed in shootings and explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.

7/29/2010 3:48:32 PM

Floods triggered by monsoon rains kill at least 100 people in north-west Pakistan, and further downpours are forecast.

7/29/2010 11:22:24 AM

Pakistanis are less afraid the country will be taken over by extremists and feel less threatened by the Taliban than last year, research suggests.

7/29/2010 9:59:06 PM

The US consulate in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has been closed indefinitely while a security review is carried out.

7/29/2010 9:39:31 AM

As many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were mislabelled or unmarked because of incompetence among managers, a US senator says.

7/29/2010 1:59:05 PM

Banking giant Citigroup agrees to pay $75m to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from subprime mortgages.

7/29/2010 8:10:10 AM

The UK's Partygaming and Austrian firm Bwin unveil plans to merge and create the world's largest online gaming business.

7/29/2010 11:30:27 AM

The former chief executive of Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, has applied for bail. His lawyer says his conviction for fraud will be overturned.

7/29/2010 4:54:54 PM

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

7/29/2010 5:28:51 PM

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

7/29/2010 6:20:44 PM

Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.

7/29/2010 3:32:37 AM

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in Englaols in England in the past year, official figures show.

7/29/2010 10:11:11 AM

A Unesco panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, drawing protests from a leading conservation group.

7/29/2010 12:38:00 PM

The X Prize foundation, best known for launching the private spaceflight industry, launches a $1.4 million oil clean-up challenge.

7/29/2010 12:37:44 PM

Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine scoop two prizes at this year's Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running.

7/29/2010 9:52:34 AM

Three time capsules are to be created on what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, to be dedicated at a ceremony in the US.

7/29/2010 2:33:13 PM

The BBC's John Simpson visits the city of Peshawar in Pakistan to see how the country is dealing with fighting two Talibans.

7/29/2010 10:54:41 PM

Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the attraction.

7/29/2010 11:56:23 AM

A modern Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma is set to hit the big screen. Anna Holligan went to meet its stars.

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7/29/2010 8:43:08 AM

A Spanish tourist remains missing after a Turkish tour boat was engulfed by flames while sailing in the Mediterranean.

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Transport correspondent Richard Scott investigates how London's new cycle-hire scheme works.

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Arizona officials asked an appeals court to lift a judge's ruling that blocks full enforcement of the state's illegal-immigration law.

7/29/2010 6:50:17 PM

President Obama said Thursday that Americans should spend more time talking about a sensitive subject he has addressed sparingly: race.

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7/29/2010 11:08:31 AM

Families of veterans buried in Arlington National Cemetery are outraged after learning as many as 6,600 graves may be "unmarked, improperly marked or mislabeled."

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The man overseeing the federal response to the Gulf oil disaster will meet New Orleans parish presidents Thursday to outline the plans after the well is permanently sealed.

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The legal battle over Arizona's new immigration law entered its next stage when Gov. Jan Brewer filed an expedited appeal.

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7/29/2010 10:04:15 PM

A body found in Memphis this week was identified as former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, police said. The death was ruled a "homicide by gunshot wound."

7/29/2010 8:36:41 PM

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was killed Thursday during a military raid in a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico, sources with knowledge of the operation told CNN en Espa?ol.

7/29/2010 6:40:06 PM

Ellen DeGeneres is calling it quits after spending one season with the Fox hit "American Idol," according to a statement from the star and the network.

7/29/2010 3:43:02 PM

The top U.S. military officer said that the founder of WikiLeaks was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan.

7/29/2010 4:49:37 PM

The House ethics panel accused veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming Congress' credibility.

7/29/2010 6:15:49 PM

A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.

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